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In 1970, the team I played for had a kid with hair that (gasp!) touched the collar of his uniform. He was our best player by far. At one of our games, the parents of the kids on the opposing team objected to his long hair and tried to keep him from playing. Our manager told the other team and the umpires that he was playing and if anyone had a problem with it, they were free to leave. The game was played, we won, and the Earth continued to rotate on its axis despite Jerry's long hair.

The sign said: Long-haired freaky people need not apply!
So I tucked my hair up under my hat, and I went in to ask him why
He said "You look like a fine, upstanding young man, I think you'll do!"
So I took off my hat and said "Imagine that! Huh! Me workin' for you!"

even these days fans are screaming about players with long hair - remember all the hysteria about manny and his dreads and tim lincecum - before he decided it was bad luck?

good think that there are now all those tats for people to scream about. it's tough to know what to scream at the White guys though because "THUG!!!" don't seem to do it any more than "gritty" matches up with "Black American-born"